August 23, 2009, Sunday

It was breakfast time, and the food stand in the village in northeastern Thailand was crowded. Maesubin Sisoipha, the middle-aged woman cooking the food, was friendly, her portions large and the price right. For the equivalent of about 5 cents, she...

April 30, 2000, Sunday

Six years ago, GE Capital's Japanese presence consisted pretty much of Taketo Yamakawa, a one-man show in a small office, scrambling to come up with opportunities in a stifled economy. GE Capital, the biggest and most profitable unit of General...

September 14, 1999, Tuesday

One of the striking paradoxes of Japan is that this is a country with the greatest savers in the industrialized world, and yet everywhere one looks there is debt. Japanese savers are famous for their ability to salt away money for the future, but...

September 1, 1999, Wednesday

A bit nervous, Haruo Saito faced his doctor. Mr. Saito, 78, short of breath and slow moving since his stroke a few years ago, had just had his blood pressure and electrocardiogram taken, and now he explained that he had been dizzy lately. The...